There's a saying that goes, 'don't miss your entrance.' Well, S. Sudanese model Adut Akech, who grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before making her way to Australia as a kid, and just graduated high school last year, did not miss hers. When Vogue.com released a series of videos from New York Fashion Week starring Paris Jackson, model Ashley Graham and Cardi B., lip sinking to the song 'You're So Vain,' it was Adut's rendition that stuck out like a white person in Black Panther. Why? Because we haven't been worked by a model like this since George Michael flipped the script with his classic 'Freedom' video or Michael Jackson and Naomi fired up the screen in 'Keep It in the Closet.' So exactly who is Adut Akech? Let's find out!

When faced with racism, she's feisty! For example, when she got backlash for appearing on the David Jones beauty book cover campaign in Australia, she said this on the gram:

adutakech Despite all the negativity that occurred over this, I'm extremely proud of my latest @davidjonesstore
beauty book cover campaign. Not only am I proud of being the first
black model to be on the beauty catalogue cover, but it also makes me
proud to be representing not all black but other women of colour all
around Australia. I'm happy that David Jones were open minded to using a
totally different face for their latest campaigns, thank you for this
opportunity to represent. It makes happy to see how diverse the
modelling industry is becoming in Australia. It's good to be seeing a
lot more different faces other than the typical "white" models, being
used for campaigns, beauty advertisements, commercials etc. For those
ignorant people who don't like seeing change, well ya'll better start
getting used to it because there's going to be a lot more of this to come. To all my south Sudanese, African, Asian, Hispanic sisters this one is for ya'll. ❤️✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 #proudmoment#blackmagic#morediveristy

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